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Environmental Health Standing Committee (enHealth) Strategic Plan 2016 to 2020
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Publication type:
Standard
Audience:
Health sector
Language:
English
Description:
This strategic plan outlines the work of enHealth until 2020. It details the committee's strategic objectives and 7 key focus areas. These are:
- timely coordinated evidence based response on environmental health issues of national concern
- development and dissemination of practical and evidence based guidelines to support nationally consistent risk communication and risk management of significant environmental health issues of concern to the community
- national science policy and practice frameworks for environmental health
- sufficient and appropriately skilled workforce to address future environmental health challenges
- strengthened workforce practice to address health inequalities arising from environmental hazards in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
- nationally consistent frameworks for public and environmental health regulation
- effective networking and partnerships with other stakeholders to ensure a coordinated approach in addressing environmental risks to health